My job as the writer is to fool you. Your job as the reader is to see if you can catch me at it.

- Sue Grafton

If your mind isn't open, keep your mouth shut too.

- Sue Grafton

Sometimes I wonder what the difference is between being cautious and being dead.

- Sue Grafton

God save us from the people who want to do what's best for us.

- Sue Grafton

Ideas are easy. It's the execution of ideas that really separates the sheep from the goats.

- Sue Grafton

People who've had happy childhoods are wonderful, but they're bland... An unhappy childhood compels you to use your imagination to create a world in …

- Sue Grafton

If you're unhappy, change something.

- Sue Grafton

We all need to look into the dark side of our nature - that's where the energy is, the passion. People are afraid of that because it holds pieces of …

- Sue Grafton

Who knows what part we play in other people's dreams?

- Sue Grafton